Today's life is stressful and full of worries.
Every one of us faces infinite problems ranging from minor worries to some serious disturbances.
These anxieties have a deep impact on our lives, directly or indirectly.
One of the side effects of these turmoil is the loss of sleep.
In order to overcome this problem people use a variety of drugs, which not only destroy the immune system but can also lead to serious consequences.
Nonetheless you can overcome this problem by the help of meditation.
Meditation can help you get back your healthy sleep routine by eliminating strain and relaxing your mind and body.
The art of meditation also helps in overcoming problems related to insomnia.
However, along with regular meditation, you will also have to work on the reasons for the cause of insomnia.
The first and the foremost step is to know why you cannot go off to sleep easily? This is very important because you might be facing some grave health issues that you wouldn't want to ignore.
Your sleeplessness can have many causes.
A few of them can be frantic beliefs, high level of caffeine intake, staying in a painful position for long, an incoherent timetable, painful leg syndrome or highly effective drugs.
Paying attention to the problematic areas can easily surmount a few of these issues.
Be sure that your sleeplessness is not caused by any of these every day issues.
Meditation is extremely effective to overcome sleeplessness when you are consuming a strong drug, suffering from RLS, fatigued or in a state of tension.

1. Relaxing mind and body:In order to lull yourself to sleep ensure that your mind and body are relaxed.
   For this, you can slip into a comfortable sleeping dress and have a proper meditating position that will help falling asleep.
   In order to fall asleep, you can meditate by lying on your bed.
   However, if being seated makes you easily weary then its better to meditate while sitting.
   You should also make sure that the room temperature is apposite i.
   e.
   neither too cold, nor too hot.
   
2. Get rid of disturbances:In order to meditate, you need to get rid of all the commotions in the room that might distract you.
   For instance, switch off your mobile, television or any other electronic device.
   You can take off your wristwatch if you are used to looking at it.
   Observe darkness in the room by switching off the lights.
   
3. Wipe away your thoughts:An important aspect of sleep meditation is to wipe away all thoughts from your mind.
   This can be effectively done by scripting on a journal, using some inhaling methods or talking to yourself in the mirror.
   No matter what procedure you adopt, it should make you feel calm and peaceful.
   You should not pay heed to the activities of the day and the matters that worry you.
   
4. Pay attention to your body parts:Now is the time to pay attention to your body parts.
   This can be done by starting from your foot toes, and extending it up to your feet.
   Then start moving upwards from your feet to your legs and then to your stomach till it reaches your mind.
   You need to focus profoundly.
   This method of meditation can greatly facilitate people suffering from RLS and facing problems falling asleep.
   
5. Jog your imagination:In order to fall asleep, consider things that make you feel happy and relaxed.
   You can think of things like beautiful voices, colours that make you feel calm, slow music, joyful moments and sweet dreams.
   This can be of enormous help in making you fall asleep.
   After following all the above-mentioned methods, you can easily fall asleep.
   You should maintain a journal in which you should note down that how effective are these procedures and how much are you improving everyday.
   Keep on discovering new methods of meditation that will improve your sleeping hours.
   After a few days, you will feel a considerable difference.
   
6. Keep a record:Maintain a proper journal and keep noting how well you slept the previous night, everyday.
   Keep noting which methods of meditation help you sleep faster and more peacefully.
   Initially, do not concentrate on the number of hours you slept but note that how much time did it take for you to fall asleep.